Farrow and Ball Paint
Farrow & Ball has been making paint in Dorset, one batch at a time, since 1946 and remains one of only a few companies making a full range of traditional and modern paint finishes of the highest quality.
The depth and beauty of their paint colours are unmatched by other paints. They use more high quality pigments and resins and no low quality ‘fillers’, which gives their colours visibly greater depth and purity often referred to as the ‘Farrow & Ball look’. Unlike many other manufacturers they use naturally occurring pigments, such as Umbers in their purest form, and they continue to use natural ingredients such as Chalk, Lime Putty, Linseed Oil and China Clay.
Their colour accuracy and quality is second to none as they have complete control over every tin of paint and roll of wallpaper they produce. Everything is made in their factory in Dorset and they don’t allow anyone else to make their products for them.
Farrow & Ball paints grace the walls of some of the most beautiful homes across the world. The colours and finishes are historically rooted, meticulously researched, and reflect their unique heritage. The same distinctive approach applies to their wallpaper: they are unique in using their own paints and traditional printing methods to create wallpapers of exceptional texture and beauty.
All of their paints are water based and eco friendly. Their finishes are all zero VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds), as tested to US Environmental Protection Agency standards. These water based paints can be applied to surfaces previously painted in an oil based finish. However, surfaces painted in oil based paint require a minimum of two weeks drying time before water based paint is applied on top.
Farrow & Ball Wallpaper
Farrow & Ball Wallpaper
Farrow & Ball painted wallpapers are quite unique as they are produced using their own environmentally friendly water based paints and traditional manufacturing methods. Their patterned wallpapers are block printed and their stripes and stries are trough printed. All Their wallpapers are made to order in their factory in Dorset, home to Farrow & Ball for the past sixty years.
Each wallpaper design has a unique texture which is achieved by using a hand brushing technique to apply the ‘ground’ colour. This, coupled with the application of the pattern or stripe using another layer of paint, creates wallpaper of great distinction and beauty.
